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Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:13 am
by corona
ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
ESPN sources: Nene and Nuggets reach terms on five-year, $67 million deal
9 minutes ago
http://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine.
averages 13.4 million a year. i think it's pretty fair and with the interest from new jersey/houston/indiana, he should be tradeable if the team wants to move in a different direction. i hope they frontload the contract so we have some space to work with in the future rather than having a lot of semi-useless space this year and then 8.5% raises that have him making 16+ million in his 5th year when we may need the capspace.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:48 am
by pickIBL
Posts in the NBA get paid a lot of money as we all know. This is a business but Nene's family ties and comfort with Denver were clearly more of a priority than any snub he felt from the FO. He used other teams to up his value... never really wanted to leave it seems.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:03 am
by RRFB
Awesome. Really not a bad contract at all considering the Knicks are going to be paying Tyson Chandler over $14 million a year. I was worried we'd overpay, but this is a very reasonable contract.
Plus, Nene gets the luxury of moving back to the PF position with Mozgov in the starting lineup now.
Hopefully this move leads to Afflalo signing a reasonable deal here in the next few days.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:34 am
by Nuggninja
RRFB wrote:Awesome. Really not a bad contract at all considering the Knicks are going to be paying Tyson Chandler over $14 million a year. I was worried we'd overpay, but this is a very reasonable contract.
Plus, Nene gets the luxury of moving back to the PF position with Mozgov in the starting lineup now.
Hopefully this move leads to Afflalo signing a reasonable deal here in the next few days.
Yep, when they bring Afflalo back I'll be stoked about the Nuggets chances this year.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:54 am
by youngthegiant
awesome now bring back AAA and we will be all set for this season. cannot wait to see this team play. we went from this team could be one of the worst teams to we might be competing for a high playoff spot , gotta love it. gotta give props to masai and josh. they have really been making some good decisions. all that depth and we can still bring back chandler.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:03 am
by clockwork
great contract.
guy got blackballed for sure. that 17 mil prediction he would of gotten with the nets, but since howard has their focus we've come out pretty well.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:21 am
by KAVK
RRFB wrote:Awesome. Really not a bad contract at all considering the Knicks are going to be paying Tyson Chandler over $14 million a year. I was worried we'd overpay, but this is a very reasonable contract.
Plus, Nene gets the luxury of moving back to the PF position with Mozgov in the starting lineup now.
Hopefully this move leads to Afflalo signing a reasonable deal here in the next few days.
Secure AAA with reasonable deal & we are good to go. Pretty deep again and hopefully Karl will figure out a rotation right and quick. It would be some sight to see Mozgov, Nene front line.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:17 am
by orangeparka
Good deal for Nene. I think it's just right.
He could also be a nice trading piece if the Nuggets go down that road in the near future.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:32 pm
by PeTBuLL
Pretty reasonable, im guessing he will retire as a Nugget.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:41 pm
by Mac1958
Wow, didn't expect him to re-sign. The standard big man cost premium applies, but it is what it is. Interesting:
Mosgov 7'1"
Nene 6'10"
Gallinari 6'10"
Afflalo 6'5"
Lawson 5'11"
That's a nice-sized lineup -- size & toughness are nice qualities come playoff time. Then there's size, defense, experience, playmaking & scoring pop off the bench as well:
Anderson
Koufos
Harrington (maybe)
Faried
Hamilton
Brewer
Fernandez
Miller
Dang. Is there a better NBA executive right now than Ujiri?
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Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:32 pm
by The Rebel
It is a solid deal as long as Nene stays healthy.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:47 pm
by dis4ryan
Huge win for the Nuggets. Love Nene at the right price.
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:08 pm
by Nuggets18
The Rebel wrote:It is a solid deal as long as Nene stays healthy.
Doesn't this aply to every player?
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:07 pm
by DrewBynum77
Nuggets18 wrote:The Rebel wrote:It is a solid deal as long as Nene stays healthy.
Doesn't this aply to every player?
exactly... long long time since the last time he missed a good chunk of games due to basketball related injuries...
Re: Nene re-signs with Denver - 5yr/67 million
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:19 pm
by KAVK
Nuggets18 wrote:The Rebel wrote:It is a solid deal as long as Nene stays healthy.
Doesn't this aply to every player?
No way to dodge injuries, other than prepare properly to prevent injuries through training.
I really do not like to talk about possibility of an injury or predict it on players & stuff. If it happens, it happens. Certainly not something to wish for.